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RAAF F-35A Lighting II

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Author: Greene

Last revision: 2 Jul, 2025 at 10:51 UTC

File size: 85.49 MB

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Description:
Overview

The F-35A Lightning II is the Australian Defence Force’s first fifth-generation air combat capability. It is a highly advanced multi-role, supersonic, stealth fighter which will meet Australia’s requirements to defeat current and emerging threats.

The F-35A is at the forefront of air combat technology. Advanced sensors and data fusion allow it to gather and share information faster than ever before. Capable of supersonic flight while retaining stealth, the F-35A has extraordinary acceleration, agility and 9G manoeuvrability. The F-35A also provides its pilots with significantly higher levels of lethality and survivability in combat. –Royal Australian Air Force[www.airforce.gov.au]

Features

This mod adds an approximation of the F-35A. Also features a full list of RAAF squadrons that operate the F-35A and their respective historic callsigns. Its my first mod upload and highly based of a number of other modders works which, I’ve used as a template to learn how to mod SeaPower. I originally made this mod for my personal use, but decided to share this out for others. Hope you’ll enjoy this addition to air power.

New Plane
  • Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II

New Weapon Systems

This list is based of known RAAF inventory for the F-35A, seen here[www.airforce.gov.au]

  • AIM-120C-7 – AA BVR missile
  • AIM-9X Sidewinder – IR guided missile
  • JDAM (GBU-31) – precision-guided munition
  • JMS (Joint Strike Missile) – Anti-ship and land attack cruise missile

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Squadrons

This mod also features the RAAF Squadrons currently operating the F-35A platform. Each squadrons have also been given loosely based historical callsigns.

  • No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) (RAAF Base Williamtown)
    • The training Squadron for the F-35A
    • eg. callsigns – HAWKEYE, STINGRAY, TRIDENT
  • No. 3 Squadron RAAF (RAAF Base Williamtown)
    • One of the newer squadrons to be equiped with the F-35
    • eg. callsigns – ADDER, SPECTRE, RANGER, WARLOCK
  • No. 75 Squadron RAAF (RAAF Base Tindal)
    • Based in the Northern Territories
    • eg. callsigns – MAGPIE, SPARROW, BLACKBIRD, BUZZARD
  • No. 77 Squadron RAAF (RAAF Base Williamtown)
    • RAAF’s primary F-35A operator, known to have the largest inventory of the F-35A.
    • eg. callsigns – BLACK, BLUE, GOLD, DESPOT, WARRIOR

**All squadrons use a generic RAAF liveries. I would like to add unique liveries in the future but no promises.**

Performance Summary
  • Max G = 9.0 N
  • Max Climb Rate = 203 m/s
  • Empty Mass = 13,300 kg
  • Max Fuel Capacity (internal) = 8000.7 kg
  • Service Ceiling = 66,000 ft
  • Cruise Altitude = 36,000 ft
  • Mach limit = 1.6 Mach
  • Cruise Speed = 0.86 Mach
  • Mil. Speed = 0.9 Mach
  • Afterburner Speed = 1.6 Mach

Notes:

The model is currently based of Pocky’s Lockheed Martin F-35C Mod. The animations for the folding wings have been removed, so the wings are fixed on startup and taxi, to have an approximate representation of the F-35A variant.

The F-35A was implemented separately from Pocky’s, so this mod should be compatible with the F-35C mod.

Performance specifications have also been adjusted to close represent publiically available data on the F-35A, such as cruise speed at Mach 0.86, max. speed (mil speed) at Mach 0.9, and afterburner speed at Mach 1.6.

RCS is also set to approximate what the SeaPower says would represent the F-117 (basing off comments in code). 2sec. google search says the F-117 has an rcs of 0.001-0.003 m2, while the F-35 has an approx. RCS of 0.005 m2, so for game purposes, that’s close enough.

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